Oh. Right. Heh. I thought Orfew had made a shrewd business move and was going to flip the beanie baby and use the proceeds to buy three more 12...
I seem to have missed the joke. Can someone fill me in?
Yes-- tons! Start here for some ideas: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-coins-beginners%E2%80%99-faq-thread.324858/
What a heartwarming post :). Welcome to the "fun side" of coin collecting!
Save yourself the headache and just send him this article which reviews traditional grading of ancient coins (and separately, NGC grading). It...
Dattari and D-S are just catalogs of a collector's holdings and are numbered accordingly. There are some duplicates.
@Alegandron and others-- I'm trying to understand the Libyan Revolt coinage. If the attributions are correct, both the Herakles/Lion type and the...
What a lovely example! I don't know more about your coin's countermark but I don't think it is a trident. There are numerous scholarly articles...
Ha! Excellent catch :D.
@gsimonel, I played around with overlays and cutouts and am reasonable certain that your coin's reverse is a die match to both Dattari 7273 and...
[IMG] EGYPT, Alexandria. Marcus Aurelius year 12, CE 171/2 AE diobol, 22 mm, 7.53 gm Obv: [MAV]PHΛIOC ANTω[ΝΙΝΟCCE]; laureate bust right Rev:...
Wow, Demeter sounds cruel and rather careless of mortals and Triptolemos sounds co-dependent :D. A fun typo :D [ATTACH] ... I'm fond of...
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